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But you find Boris Johnson impressive?

I don't think he said that did he?

Actually he is not as daft as his image suggests a very clever guy and one of the contenders for leader of the Conservative party and he did a very good job as mayor if London. I have read obamas comments since and he says America is not on the back foot with IS which because he had to say it pretty much means they are. Russia are running rings round America at the moment

hence the question mark.

Your infatuation with me worries me a bit...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned to shoot down a Russian warplane engaged in Moscow’s anti-Daesh campaign in Syria six weeks prior to the Su-24 incident, a famous Turkish whistleblower apparently said on Twitter.
Erdogan is worried about the outcome of the upcoming elections and is contemplating bringing down a Russian aircraft, the anonymous Twitter user, who goes by the name of Fuat Avni, posted on October 11.

​WikiLeaks retweeted an article that mentions Fuat Avni’s exposé, asking, “Did Turkish ‘deep throat’ reveal Russian jet shootdown plan six weeks ago?”
​Fuat Avni, who is often sharing accurate insider information exposing Erdogan and his government, is said to have claimed that Erdogan was the one to give order to shoot down the Russian bomber over Syria under the false pretext that the aircraft violated Turkish airspace.
According to information WikiLeaks shared on Twitter, Erdogan had been trying to mobilize his voters prior to snap general elections, which were held on November 1, by dramatically escalating tensions with Russia. Interesting fact: The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which was founded by Erdogan, managed to regain parliamentary majority, which it lost five months earlier.
Following AKP’s victory, Erdogan, who as a president has limited powers, has pushed for a new constitution, which would grant the president significantly more powers. However, the AKP still needs 13 more votes to be able to hold a referendum on this issue.
“The November 1 election ushered in four years of stability and confidence. Let’s make this period a time of reforms, prioritizing a new constitution,” Erdogan said on November 10.
A combination picture taken from video shows a war plane crashing in flames in a mountainous area in northern Syria after it was shot down by Turkish fighter jets near the Turkish-Syrian border November 24, 2015
On November 24, a Turkish F-16 shot down a Su-24 bomber involved in Russia’s counterterrorism operation in Syria. Ankara claimed that the aircraft had violated its airspace, although it was shot down over Syrian territory.
Russian defense officials provided evidence that the aircraft had not crossed into Turkey. The pilot, who survived the crash, also confirmed that the alleged violation did not take place. Moreover, the crew, according to the pilot, did not receive any warning prior to the attack.

Here's your simple run down of what's really going on in Syria..

(Get yourself a gun safe while you're at it - 50% OFF!!!!)

Funnily enough I could have guessed you were a bouncer.

BRITAIN has helped arm Islamic State (ISIS) through "decades of free-flowing" weapons sales to Iraq, a shocking report claimed today.

And when ISIS overran the arms depots of Iraqi bases they were like "children in a sweetshop".

The Amnesty International report said these weapons have helped ISIS, also known as Daesh, carry out a "horrific campaign of abuse" involving summary killings, rape, torture, abduction and hostage-taking.



Amnesty UK's Arms Programme Director Oliver Sprague said: "Decades of free-flowing arms into Iraq meant that when IS took control of these areas, they were like children in a sweetshop.

"The fact that countries including the UK have ended up inadvertently arming IS, should give us pause over current weapons deals.

"The UK was one of the key supporters of a global Arms Trade Treaty, intended to prevent the proliferation of arms and their use in horrific abuses like IS are committing.

"Risks need to be far more carefully calculated, and we shouldn't wait for this worse-case-scenario to happen before acting to prevent sales of arms which could fuel atrocities."



States flooding Iraq with weapons also include Russia, China, the USA, Germany and France

And since the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq weapons worth more than £330million have poured into Iraq.

They include Abrams tanks, F16 fighter aircraft, 681 Stinger shoulder held units, Hawk anti-aircraft batteries, and other equipment.